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<blockquote data-quote="Ruzzhh" data-source="post: 1811809" data-attributes="member: 401642"><p>I need some help writing a .bash file for Mac that backs up photos on a extern HDD. I have some criterias:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I should only need to run one single file and then it does all the backup work for me</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I want it to run in the background</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It shall search for all photos (.jpeg types are fine unless Mac uses different file types as well) and back them up in their original folder structure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It should only search for places you would usually place your photos in a Mac (like a photo folder, the desktop folder, different drives etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a single file or more fails to backup it shouldn't give me a notice and just keep on going (again I want it to run silently in the background)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It should back it all up on the extern HDD I've attached to the Mac under a folder called "PhotoBackup"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It should copy hidden files as well</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each time I run it it shall only add photos added since last time it was run</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>So basicly it's just a backup code that makes sure that all photos I have on my laptop is copied onto my HDD with the same folder structure. I've made this for PC, but I haven't got the skills to do it with Mac. Here's my .bat code (notice I have a script making it run as a hidden process):</p><p></p><p><em>@echo off</em></p><p><em>title Checking file integrities...</em></p><p><em>:: variables</em></p><p><em>SET odrive=%odrive:~0,2%</em></p><p><em>set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /h /i /r /y /exclude:%drive%\excludelist.txt</em></p><p><em>echo off</em></p><p><em>%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\*.jpg" "%drive%\backup"</em></p><p><em>%backupcmd% "D<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />*.jpg" "%drive%\backup\drive D"</em></p><p><em>%backupcmd% "E<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />*.jpg" "%drive%\backup\drive E"</em></p><p><em>@echo off</em></p><p><em>cls</em></p><p></p><p>If someone can make this work I would be thrilled. I'm even willing to pay for your trouble...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruzzhh, post: 1811809, member: 401642"] I need some help writing a .bash file for Mac that backs up photos on a extern HDD. I have some criterias: [LIST] [*]I should only need to run one single file and then it does all the backup work for me [*]I want it to run in the background [*]It shall search for all photos (.jpeg types are fine unless Mac uses different file types as well) and back them up in their original folder structure [*]It should only search for places you would usually place your photos in a Mac (like a photo folder, the desktop folder, different drives etc.) [*]If a single file or more fails to backup it shouldn't give me a notice and just keep on going (again I want it to run silently in the background) [*]It should back it all up on the extern HDD I've attached to the Mac under a folder called "PhotoBackup" [*]It should copy hidden files as well [*]Each time I run it it shall only add photos added since last time it was run [/LIST] So basicly it's just a backup code that makes sure that all photos I have on my laptop is copied onto my HDD with the same folder structure. I've made this for PC, but I haven't got the skills to do it with Mac. Here's my .bat code (notice I have a script making it run as a hidden process): [I]@echo off title Checking file integrities... :: variables SET odrive=%odrive:~0,2% set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /h /i /r /y /exclude:%drive%\excludelist.txt echo off %backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\*.jpg" "%drive%\backup" %backupcmd% "D:\*.jpg" "%drive%\backup\drive D" %backupcmd% "E:\*.jpg" "%drive%\backup\drive E" @echo off cls[/I] If someone can make this work I would be thrilled. I'm even willing to pay for your trouble... [/QUOTE]
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